linux-kernel - Re: intel-rng on modern hardware

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Message-ID: <46D9D23A.8050704@zytor.com>
Date:	Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:57:30 +0100
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
CC:	Shane <shane@...nu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: intel-rng on modern hardware

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Shane wrote:
>> Just wondering if there is a newer version of intel-rng out
>> of tree or whether modern Intel chipsets have a usable RNG. I haven't 
>> been able to get intel-rng loading (no such
>> device) on anything from the p965, p975 or p35 chipsets.
> 
> No modern ICH chipset has an RNG, AFAIK.
> 

Which is a major lossage :(

	-hpa

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